CHAIR:

MEETING DATES:

Richard L. Flax
29 W. Susquehanna Ave., Ste. 500
Baltimore, MD 21204
Phone: 410-561-6451
Fax: 443-927-8916
Email: richard.flax@zgf-law.com

Section Dues: $10 per year

2010/2011 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Section continues its joint effort with the Family & Juvenile Law Section focusing on the issue of selfrepresented litigants (SRL). It evaluates numerous legislative bills that may specifi cally relate to judicial administration, submitting recommendations supporting, opposing or abstaining from a position to the MSBA, and also reviews proposed and implemented Rules from the Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Section supports the Maryland Judiciary Professionalism Commission’s Pilot Mentoring Program for New Admittees through the active participation of several members as Mentors. It will once again co-sponsor a program with the Continuing Legal Education Committee at the MSBA Annual Meeting.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Section is to examine and attempt to improve the administration of justice throughout the judicial system of Maryland, including all of the courts comprising that system, both state and federal, appellate and trial courts of general and limited jurisdiction.